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The reform of the United Nations: another injustice?
Anand Panyarachum

The Pearson Report on the subject of the reform of the United Nations, despite having provoked commotion since the 1960s, has become in recent days the main subject of discussion in the Organization. The recommendations, announced by the Secretary-General on 20 March 2005 are the result of deliberations by a High-Level Group, presided over by the Prime-Minister of Thailand, H.E. Mr. Anand Panyarachum, lending increased importance to the debate. One aspect that was discussed among the core members of the…

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Interview with Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Q. Dr Supachai, you have a long and impressive career in both the national and international sphere. Which do you consider as being the most challenging? I think that both my national and international careers have been highly challenging in different ways. When I was working for the government in Thailand, we were faced with more immediate challenges: how to engage in agricultural development; how to achieve agricultural price stability; regional integration; and trying to deal with the financial…

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